How can I add an entry to the context menu I get when I right click
on the desktop?
The default menu contains:  Arrange Icons By; Refresh; Paste; etc.

Is there a way to have the "C" drive folder open automatically instead of My
Documents, when I open windows explorer?
thanks, Bonnie

I seem to have lost the left menu / details bar on my xp sp2 machine.
I have looked every but obviously missed the one place where it is.
If you're unsure which one i mean its the one with the links and options in
that was new in xp

There are two users of  Windows XP on one computer.  Some newly installed
programs create shortcuts on both users' desktops.  If a user who doesn't
need that program deletes the shortcut from his screen, it is also deleted
from the other user's screen.  How can we individualize ...

When I boot up Windows asks me to click on me user name beofore it will boot
up. How do I just get it to boot up automatically. I am the administrator and
sole user so I dont need to be asked! Im new to xp..help!..

after i change the Date and hit the apply key date jumps to 3 dayes advance

Is there a way to disable "Help>Contents and Index" in Internet Explorer?  I
am trying to secure a Guest account in XP Pro to Prevent "snooping" by
guests.  I feel the Help in IE acts as a back door to let people snoop.  I
feel that way because the options button allows you to ...

I currently use Norton ghost to make backup images.  Can I use it to create
self installing backup images so that a user can just pop in a disk and sit
back and let it install?
if not is there a product out there that will do this?

Does anybody have any info about these tweaks? I have only found
positive info on the web about this. But i'm looking for any negative
aspects to implementing these.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session

The personal icon displayed to the left of the user name at the top on the
start menu stop displaying for other users on the computer (except for the
"administrator").  How does one reset this?

In http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm  Line 111 right
Anyone get this to work?  What is the trick?
I can change the button, but next boot resets it to 'start'.

change title bar text
I have done many searches using multiple engines (Google, Altavista, Yahoo!,
MetaCrawler to mention a few) using the subject words and have gotten
literally millions of hits.  I found basically five different areas of

One of my users has an address book in which the main folder is named "Main
Identities Contacts". We want to name this folder "User's Contacts".
There does not seem to be an (obvious) way to edit this folder name from
within Address Book. Making a subfolder is obvious, but not a ...

I have the new MX1000 mouse that has 8 function buttons.  I have installed
the Logitech Drivers/Setpoint s/w becauuse for some reason once i do i notice
system performance problems.
So i have no mouse s/w installed and using the standard Microsoft  HID

Really generic Automatic Updates question for y'all...I'll be damned if I
can find a definite answer in a MS whitepaper or any technical doc...
Say you install XP Pro, totally clean, on a new machine.  No service pack,
no hotfix, nothing.  You don't change *any* of the default ...